December 2009

Superficial

There is no more touching me
Beneath my skin
Only beneath my clothes
Deeper penetration
Is only warranted on special occasion
And by appeal to higher authority
I used to let you go there
Unattended
Whenever you had wished to
The door was unlocked
The lantern was lit
So you could find your way home
In the darker nights
Now this bliss we shared
Is razed like fields by fire
Decimated, almost barren
Only a sprout of life remains
Where a forest once stood
Within the ash and soot is a foot print
I recognize to be yours
And I know you were the one
To set this ablaze
But it was I who always kept the lantern lit
And the one who brought the fuel